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A request for information and assistance
My sister and I will be traveling from New Jersey, USA to Ireland from November 3-10. We will be staying at the La Petite Auberge November 5, and 6. We are attempting to trace back our family in Ireland. Lila at La Petite Auberge suggested I could use this e-mail address to initiate my search.
The information we have gathered so far -from obituaries and other sources is that my great great grandmother was Mary French Allen. She was born in 1811, in Shanbally, Parish of Grange, near Youghal, Co Waterford. She was the daughter of Phillip French and Gretia Fitzgerald French. They were Roman Catholic – Parish of Ardmore in the Church of Ardmore. She married John Allen, born 1810, who was of the Church of Ireland. He was a shoemaker. Their first child – Grace Allen was baptized on May 22, 1840 in the Roman Catholic Parish of Ardmore by Priest J. O’Meara. They sailed for Canada in 1843.
My quest is to discover the family of John Allen, and locate the town he was born in, which must be somewhere close to Ardmore/Youghal area. I was hoping you could be of assistance in guiding me towards resources in the Youghal area that could help me in this quest. Any help or advice or direction you could possibly give my sister and I would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much for your time and attention
Cyndy Bernotas
cyndyb@verizon.net
The Murray family is well known in the East Cork and West Waterford areas. Their history, however, was a little in the dark as several members of the family back in the 1800s, like many other Irish families, emigrated to the USA and the UK. Eddie Murray, along with his sister Terri, decided to try to locate the absent members of their family and invite them to a huge Family Reunion which was fixed for Sunday last, August 2nd. An amazing amount of research and work was carried out including advertising, internet explorations, family trees and follow ups to locate as many of the family as possible. Denise FitzGerald/ East Cork Journal Reports/ Photo: Michael Hussey www.youghalonline.com/ Video: David Farrell www.youghalonline.com
Eddie Murray and his mother Marie Tooher, Michael Murray and Terry Moore pictured with their American cousins at the Murray family reunion
It was with a great sense of excitement and trepidation that the fifty five or so Murrays arrived at the Red Store in Youghal to meet each other. Such was the hype that the meal, which was planned for much earlier, did not take place until 9pm as the Murrays kept arriving, chatting, introducing and finding out who was whom.
The evening eventually commenced and after the meal there was an introduction by Terri Moore (nee Murray) which was followed by Read more
